“I love it at the Recovery Center. I first got sober and came out here for treatment. It was one of the first few places that they took us to go to meetings. I have loved coming to meetings here ever since. I have been a secretary at meetings here. I love it. It’s amazing. I have been coming here for most of my recovery, so almost eight years. I remember when I first came here, it was hot because there were a lot of bodies. I forget which one it was on what day, because you know, meetings change to different times and stuff. But I just remember being like, okay, there are other people like me here. I came here and I tried to find the similarities, and not the differences from the people that we’re sharing. I knew that I belonged here and while there are many differences to be found, I found it was better for me to kind of pay attention more, and if I could just find one thing to focus on that I related to and be like I really like what they said about whatever, then I knew I was going to be OK.”


— Stefan Peters